Labeling-machine.



R. F. BEUTLICH.

LABEUNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-25|1915. RENEWED JAN. 13,1916.

1,174,4fs9. Patented M... 7,1916.

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R. F. BEUTLICH.

l LABELING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED IAN.25, 1915. REIIEwED IAN. 13,1916.

1,174,469.. Patented Mar. 7,1916.

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R. F. BEUTLICH.

LABELING MAcH4|NE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.251915 RENEWED IAII. 13| 1916.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

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Nr f N RICHARD I'. REU'ILICH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIs, AssIGNOR'rO THR aofrHcnNTURY MACHINERY Co., or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

LABELING-IVIACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led January 25, 1915, Serial No. 4,116. Renewed January 13, 1916. Serial No. 72,000.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, RICHARD F.,BEUT LIOH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Labeling-Machines, of which the following is av specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates more particularly to wiping mechanism for wrapping labels around and pressing and smoothing them upon bottles or the like, as .they are discharged from a labeling machine. Its main objects are to facilitate wrapping, and to smoothly press the labels, especially long labels, upon the bottles or the like as they are ejected from the holders or carrier, and pass the gummers from which the labels are taken with sufficient gum or paste to securely attach them to the bottles or the like, andV generally to improve the construction operation of devices of this class.

In the accompanying drawing like characters designate the same parts in the several figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wiper attachment embodying the invention, as applied to a .labeling machine comprising a bo-ttle carrier provided with gummers at the sides of the bottle holders or receptacles, a reciprocating ejector for removing the bottles fromthe carrier, a clamp for holding the labels centrally against the bottles as they are ejected from the machine, and a delivery table on which the bottles are discharged, the carrier being shown in section on the line 1-1, Fig. 3; Fig. 2 is a view partly in front elevation and partly in vertical section on the line 2-2, Fig. 4; Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the wipers in normal position and a bottle in position in the carrier to be ejected between the wipers; and Fig. 4 is a similar view showing. a bottle in and its passage between the wipers, the springs at the upper ends of the wiper spindles being omitted and the spindles shown in cross section in Figs. 3 and 4.

The labeling machine to which the wiper attachment is applied comprises an intermittently movable bottle Carrier, which may consist as shown, of bottle holders or receptacles 1, linked or pivoted together, as shown in Figs.A 1 and 3, and provided at the sides with gummers 2; Va reciprocative ejector 3, adaptedto thrust or remove the bottles from the holders between the gummers while they Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

are at rest opposite the wiper attachment, a

clamp 4 for pressing and holding the labels vcentrally against the bottlesw as they are ejected from the carrier between the gum mers; and a delivery table 5, upon which the bottles are discharged from the carrier. The

carrier as shown, is supported and guided on a horizontal bed plate As illustrated, the .machine is designed to simultaneously apply both body and neck labels to the bottles, the bottles being designated by the numeral 7, the body labels by the numeral 8, and the neck labels by the numeral 9.

The carrier with its bottle holders or re# ceptacles 1, the ejector 3 and the clamp 4,

or receptacles 1, are preferably offset' vat their upper ends toward the innerv sideof the carrier, as shown in Figs. l, 3 and 4, to carry the labels Sand. 9 close to the bodies and necks of the bottles 7 within the holders.

The clamp 4may consist as shown, of an i.:

angular arm pivoted to the upper end or part of the ejector 3, so .as to be turned down kand up into and out of operative position,

and it is provided in different planes 'with pads 10 and 11 corresponding inposition with the lower and upper parts of the gummers for pressing and holding the-body and neck labels 8 and 9 against the bodies and necks of the bottles 7 midway between the gummers as the bottles. are thrust by the l ejector from the carrier between the gum- The wiper 'attachment comprises j two standards '12, mounted on the delivery .table 5 approximately opposite the gummers 2 as they are brought to rest with each bottle holder or receptacle 1, in discharging position. Vertical spindles 13 are journaled in the bases and upper overhanging ends of the standards 12 parallel with each other, kand l yto are provided at their lower ends with arms 14 secured thereon by set screws 15, and proj ecting normally inward, as shown in Fig. 3, into the path of the ejected bottles. These arms are preferably provided at their inner ends with rollers 16 for contact with the bottles. At their opposite ends they are extended and form stops 17, which by engage ment with the standards 12, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, limit the outward angular movement of the spindles with the wipers mounted thereon, as hereinafter explained.

At their upper ends the spindles 13 are provided, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with spiral springs 18, which connect them with the standards 12 and tend to turn the stops 17 outward and to hold them in engagement with the standards, as shown in Fig. 3. Y

vertically and angularly adjustable sleeves 19 are mounted on the spindles 13 and are secured in adjusted position thereon by set screws 20. These sleeves are provided at the ends with collars 21 and 22, the collars 22 being detachable and angularly adjust able, while the collars 21 are ixed relative to the sleeves and may be made integral therewith. The collars 22 are secured in adjusted position on the sleeves by set screws 23. llViper arms 24 are pivotally mounted on the sleeves 19 next to the fixed collars 21l at their lower ends, and are connected by spiral springs 25 encircling the sleeves with the adjustable collars 22 in such a manner as to tend to turn the wiper arms inwardly relative to the spindles, or permit the wiper arms to yield outwardly. To the inner or free ends of the arms 24 are attached iingered wipers 26, made of iiexible or elastic material such as rubber and adapted to in-r terlock or close together when they are turned inwardly to the extent of their inward movement.

The inward movement of the wipers is limited independently of the angular inward movement of the spindles 13 by stop lugs 27 on the hubs of the arms 24, and adjustable stops 28 attached to the standards 12. The stops 28 may consist as shown, of rods tightly itted and adjustable lengthwise in shouldered eye-bolts 29, which are adjustable in vertical slots 30 in the standards 12, and are secured in place therein by nuts 31. The inner angular movement of the wipers 26 relative to the spindles 13 is limited, and the outer or normal positions of the wipers when the stops 17 are held by the springs 18 in engagement with the standards 12, as shown in Fig. 3, are determined by lugs 32, projecting from the collars 21 into position to engage with the lugs 27 on the wiper arms. The wipers 26 are designed to apply body labels 8 to the bottles 7, or the like.

For applying the neck labels 9, an extra pair of wipers, 33, like or similar in construction to the wipers 26, is provided.

These wipers are attached to the inner or free ends of arms 34, which are pivotally mounted on sleeves 35. The sleeves 35 are angularlv and vertically adjustable on the spindles i3, and are secured in place thereon by set screws 36. Like the sleeves 19, the sleeves 35 are provided at the ends with col lars 37 and 38, the collars 38 being angularly adjustable with relation to the sleeves 35,

and secured in place thereon by set screws 39.

The arms 34 are mounted on the upper ends of the sleeves 35, and are connected by spiral vsprings 40 surrounding the sleeves, with the collars 37, in such a manner that the springs tend to turn the wipers inwardly relative to the sleeves or spindles, or permit the wipers to yield outwardly relative to the spindles. The upper ends of the sleeves 35 are reduced in diameter to form shoulders between which and the collars 38 the hubs of the arms 34'are loosely conned. The hubs of the arms 34 are formed or provided with stop lugs 41, which by engagement with stops 42 limit the inward movement of the wipers 33. The stops 42, like the stops 28, may consist of pins or rods adjustable lengthwise in threaded and shouldered eyebolts 43, which are adjustable vertically in the slots 44 in the standards 12, and are secured in place therein by nuts 45.

The collars 38 are formed or provided with lugs 46, overhanging the hubs of the wiper arms 34 and adapted by engagement with the lugs 41 to determine the initial or normal position of the wipers 33 when the stop arms 17 engage with the standards 12, as shown in Fig. 3, and to limit the inward angular movement of thewipers relative to the spindles 13.

1n the operation of the machine as hereinbefore described, bottles 7 being placed in the holders or receptacles 1 of the carrier, and labels 8 and 9 applied to gummers 2 across the spaces between them through which the bottles are ejected, the gummers being previously supplied with gum or paste by the usual or any suitable means (not shown), as each holder 1 comes to rest opposite the wipers, the ejector 3 is advanced, thrusting the bottle from the carrier between the gummers on the delivery table 5, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. Simultaneously with the advance of the ejector 3, the clamp 4 is turned downward, carrying the pads 1() and 11 into engagement with the central portions of the labels and pressing them against the body and neck of the bottle on the front or advancing side thereof. As the bottle is advanced from the position in which it is shown by full lines, to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, the ends of the labels are stripped from the gummers and pass between the wipers 26 and, 33, by which they are turned backward against the sides of the bottle body and neck.

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In passing from the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, to the osition shown by full lines in Fig. 4, the bo y Aof the bottle I engaging with the rollers 16, turns the arms 14 forward -and the wipers 26 and 33 inward, pressing the -ends of the labels smoothly against and wrapping them around the back of the bottle body and neck to which they are attached by the paste or gum taken from the gummers 2. At the limit of the inward and forward movement of each pair of wipers, when they are turned into approximately the same plane and their lingers interlock or close together, .as shown with respect to the wipers 33 in Figs. 2 and 4, the stop lugs 27 or 41 on the wiper arms engage with the stops 28 or 42, thereby arresting further movement of the wipers, while the arms 14 withthe spindles 13 are permitted to turn further in the same direction to allow the bottle'to pass between and clear the rollers 16. 'The inward and forward movement of each pair of wipers is limited independently of the other, according to the adjustment of the stops 28 and 42. `When the bottle has been moved forward by the ejector 3 far enough to clear the rollers 16, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the springs 18 turn the spindles 13 withthe wipers back to their initial positions, as shown in Fig. 3, for operation on another bottle, the backward and outward movement of the wipers with the spindles 13 and their arms 14 being limited by the engagement of the stop arms 17 withl the standards 12. As the arms 14v are turned forward by the engagement therewith of an ejected bottle, the wipers are turned inward and yieldingly pressed with the label against Vthe bottle bodyi and neck, following their curved surfaces from the sides around to the center of theback when the fingers of the wipers are brought together, completing the wrapping of the labels around the body and neck of the bottle.

During the foregoing operations, as the arms 14 are turned forwardly by the passage of the bottle between them, the' arms of each pair of wipers yield outwardly and backwardly independently of the arms of Vthe other pair of wipers, against the tension of the springs 25 and 40, the lugs 32 and 46 being separated more or less from the lugs 27 and 41 on the'wiper arms, according tothe size and shape of the bottle or variations therein, and the adjustment of the wiper mechanism.

VvThe wipers 26 are adjusted vertically for bottles of different sizes and for varying the location of the body labels thereon by simply loosening the set screws 20 and shifting the sleeves 19 up or down on the spindles, the sleeves being secured in their adjusted positions on the spindles by tightening said screws, and the stops 28 being adjusted cordiameters, by loosening the set screws 2O andv turning the sleeves with the lugs 32 bodily on the spindles 13. The tension of I the springs 25 is adjusted bythe angular ladjustment of the collars 22 on the sleeves 19.

The wipers 33 vand their stops are similarly adjusted, but independently off the wipers 26. The collars 38 are adjusted on the sleeves 35 with relation tothe spindles 13, so that the lugs 46by engagement with the lugs 41, will turn the wipersv33 'into their initial positions and hold them in the Y desired angular relation to the spindles when the stop arms 1.7 engage the standards 12, as shown in F ig.V 3, and being held in such p0- sitions, the tension of the springs 40 may be varied by turningthesleeves 35 in the collars 38 and on the spindles, the set screws 36 and39 being tightened when the desired adjustments have been effected. f Various changes in the details of construction and arrangement of partsmay be made without departing from the principle and scope of the invention as definedV in the followingclaims. herein used, it is intended to include receptacles 'oi'.packages of various materials and di'erent shapes, nsuch as tin cans, to which labels may be applied in machines of this character. I claim:

1. In a labeling machine the combination with a bottle holderand an ejector adapted to remove abottle laterally therefrom, of

wipers pivotally mounted on opposite sides of the path of a bottle as it is ejected from the holder, and arms connected with the wipers, projecting intov the path of .the ejected bottle and adapted by engagement therewith to turn the wipers inwardly against the bottle and to press and wrap alabel about the same as it passes between them. j l

2. In a labeling machine the combination with a bottle holder and an ejector adapted to remove a bottle laterally therefrom, of wipers pivotally mounted on opposite sides of the path of a bottle as it is ejected from the holder, arms yieldingly connected with the wipers, projecting into the path of the By the term bottle as ejected bottlel and adapted by engagement therewith to turn the wipers inwardly and wrap and press a label against the back of lthe bottle as it passesA between them, and

opposite sides of a discharge opening and an ejector adaptedto remove a bottle from the holder' through said opening, of pivoted wipers having their aXes parallel with and n and adapted by engagement with the bottle as it passes between the wipers to turn them inwardly and cause them to wrap and press the ends of a label taken by the ejected bottle from the gummers against the back of the bottle.

e. -In a labeling machine the combination with a bottle holder having gummers at the sides, an ejector adapted to remove a bottle from the holder between the gummers and a clamp for holding a label against the front of the bottleas the bottle passes between the gummers and the label is withdrawn from the gummers, of pivoted wipers having their axes parallel with and opposite the gummers in the discharging position of the holder, and arms connected with the wipers and adapted by engagement with the ejected bottle to turn them inwardly and cause them to wrap and press the ends of the label against the back of the bottle.

5. VIn a labeling machine the combination of oscillating spindles arranged on opposite sides of the path of bottles as they are ejected from the machine and substantially parallel with the aXes of the ejected bottles, wiper arms pivotally mounted on said spindles and provided at their free ends with flexible wipers, springs connecting said arms with the spindles and permitting the arms to yield outwardly, stops on the arms and spindles for limiting the inward angular movement of the wiper arms relative to the spindles, arms iixed on the spindles in the path of ejected bottles and adapted by engagement with a bottle to turn the wipers inwardly and cause them to wrap and press a label against the bottle as it passes between them, springs tending to turn the spindles with the wipers Voutwardly, and stops for limiting their outward movement.

6. In a labeling machine the combination of oscillatory spindles arranged on opposite sides of the path of bottles as they are ejected from the machine, wipers pivotally mounted on said spindles, collars angularly adjustable on said spindles, spiral springs connecting said collars with the wipers and tending to turn the wipers inwardly on the spindles, stop-collars angularly adjustable on said spindles and adapted by engagement with the wipers to limit their inward move:

ment relative to the spindles, arms iiXed on the spindles in the path of the ejected bottles and adapted by engagement therewith toturn the wipers inwardly and cause them to presslabels around and against the backs of the bottles, springs tendingto turn the spindles and wipers outwardly, and stops for limiting the outward movement oi he spindles and wipers.

7. In a labeling machine the Vcombination of parallel oscillatory spindles on opposite sides of the path ofv ejected bottles, wipers pivotally mounted on said spindles, collars angularly adjustable on thespindles, spiral springs connecting saidY collars with the wipers and tending to turn the wipers inwardly relative to the spindles, angularly adjustable stop collars on the spindles adapted by engagement with the wipers to limit their inward movement relative to the spindles, arms iXed on the spindles in the path oi the ejected bottles and adapted by engagement therewith to turn the wipers inwardly and cause them to press labels against the lbacks of' the-bottles, stops for limiting the inward movement of the wipers with the spindles, springs tending to turn the spindles with the wipers outwardly, and stops for limiting the outward movement ci the spindles and wipers.

8. In a labeling machine the `combination of parallel oscillatory spindles on opposite sides of the path of bottlesejected from the machine, flexible fingered wipers mounted on said spindles and adapted to interlock when turned inwardly, arms fixed en the spindles in the path or ejected bottles and adapted by engagement therewith to turn the wipers inwardly and cause them to press labels against the backs of the bottles, springs tending to turn the spindles with the wipers outwardly, and stops for limiting the outward movement Yof the wipers with the spindles.

9. In a labeling machine, comprising a carrier provided with bottle holders having gummers at lthe sides, an ejector for thrusting bottles from the holders between the gummers and tableon which the bottles are delivered from the carrier, the combination of standards mounted on the delivery table opposite the gummers in the delivery position of the holders, vertical spindles journaled in said standards parallel with each other and on opposite sides of the path of ejected bottles, wipers mounted on said spindles and vertically adjustable thereon, arms fixed on the spindles in the path of ejected bottles and adapted by engagement therewith to turn the wipers inwardly and cause them to press labels against the backs of the bottles, springs tending to turn the spindles with the wipers outwardly, stops for limiting the outward movement of the wipers and stops -adjustably mounted on the standards for limiting the inward movement of the' wipers.

10. In a labeling machine, comprising a carrier provided with bottle holders having gummers at the sides, an ejector for thrusting bottles frcm 'the holders between the gummers and a table on which the bottles are delivered lfrom the carrier, the combination of standards mounted on the delivery table, verticalk spindles journaled in the standards parallel with eaoh other on opposite sides o1 the path of ejected bottles, two pairs of wipers pivotally mounted and vertically adjustable on said spindles, springs tending to turn the wipers inwardly relative to the spindles, means for adjusting the tension of the springs, arms fixed on the spindles in the path ofthe ejected bottles and adapted by engagement therewith to turn the wipers inwardly and cause them to press labels taken by the ejected bottles from the gummers against thebacks of the bottles, stops adjustable on the standards for limiting the inward movement of the wipers, springs tending to turn the spindles with the wipers outwardly, and stops for limiting the outward movement of the wipers.

ll. In a labeling machine the combination of spindles on opposite sides of the path of bottles discharged from the machine, sleeves adjustable angularly and lengthwise on said spindles and provided at the ends with collars one of which is angularly adjustable Copies of this patent may be obtained for thereon, wipers pivotally mounted on said sleeves, spiral springs connecting the wipersV with the collars at one end of the sleeves and tending to turn the wipers inwardly relative to the spindles, stop lugs on the other coll-ars adapted by engagement with lugs on the wipers to adjustably limit the inward movement of the wipers relative to the spindles, stops adjustable on the standards adapted by engagement with the lugs on the wipers to limit the inward movement of the wipers independently of the spindles, arms fixed on the spindles in the path of the ejected bottles and adapted byengagement therewith to turn the wipers inwardly and cause them to press labels against the backs of the bottles vals they pass, springs tending to turn the spindles with the wipers outwardly, and stops for limiting the outward movement of the spindles with the wipers.

In witness whereof I hereto -aiEX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD F. BEUTLICH.

Witnesses: y

CHAs. L. Goss, .J. B. SGARBOROUGH.

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